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On offer are the following BMW Motronic ECU EPROM upgrade chips - for a bargain £40 posted within the UK! 320i/520i Chips for M20B20 with 172/381 ECU code: 1. M20B20 Mild; 7-10bhp gain. Improved mpg and low/mid-range torque, eliminates flat spots to perk up the throttle response, 6900rpm rev limit....

1985 325i E30 radio fader control. I thought this may be useful for someone. I know there is a lot of information on this subject around but what I had recent trouble with was wiring the fader control connections, mine did not have a multi pin plug, Using wiring diagram 6500-2 showing the wiring con...

E30 1986 325 auto, propshaft problems. Help wanted The gearbox to prop shaft u/j is worn and needs replacing when attempting to get a replacementi,m told that there is not a u/j on the front end of the prop only on on the rear axle end, the gearbox end is a guibo coupling. On checking with the loca...

Thanks Dan The As well as visual although i didnt mention it I did check all the all the bolts from the gearbox mounts backwards took the heatshields off to check the prop bolts and center bearing also the diff rear rubber mount all were OK, The play i have is on the actual inner drive shafts its no...

Hello all let hope this year will be better than the last one. 1985 325i auto, I have a light knock when I power on and off it appears to be to the rear of the car, I have checked all the usual things and can't see anything visible except i do have what i think is a lot of rotational free play in th...

After fitting new batteries the tacho bounced about and the idiot vac' gauge stuck so out with it and checked/redid the soldering and replaced in clocks, tacho now perfect and idiot vac' gauge perfect BUT battery voltage only 13.3, sometimes 13.6 maximum. (I have a mini volt meter in the radio fade...

First trip out yesterday and all seemed OK until I looked at the vac' meter, it wasn't working and the tacho was bouncing about 100rpm, so need to check that out. Could be a dry jointon the battery soldering, the electronics engineer told me when he did mine you have to use the correct solder and f...

First trip out yesterday and all seemed OK until I looked at the vac' meter, it wasn't working and the tacho was bouncing about 100rpm, so need to check that out. Could be a dry jointon the battery soldering, the electronics engineer told me when he did mine you have to use the correct solder and f...

e30-wheels wrote: ↑
Thu Sep 16, 2021 9:10 pm

martauto wrote: ↑
Thu Sep 16, 2021 6:36 pm
What are the possibilities of finding the intermitent wiper relay 61311368198 K10 I believe.
The prices are stupid and all from somewhere "over ther"

Cheers Mart.
One on e bay £22 +£14 delivery

Or these guys in Barking Just e30'z

martauto wrote: ↑
Thu Sep 16, 2021 6:36 pm
What are the possibilities of finding the intermitent wiper relay 61311368198 K10 I believe.
The prices are stupid and all from somewhere "over ther"

Cheers Mart.

One on e bay £22 +£14 delivery

Blanca wrote: ↑
Thu Sep 16, 2021 1:53 pm
Just fitted a new pair of batteries to the instruments, very easy job and I even remembered to move the jumper over and back when doing it. Lets hope tat helps with battery drain, will soon see.

I have my fingers crossed for you.

Parasitic Drain 325 e30 Over the last couple of years my battery when connected goes flat after about two week of not starting the car, finally got round to try and find the problem. I'm getting a drain of 90.20mA done all the fuse meter checks and isolating of various components to no avail excep...

Being a bit paranoid I checked my batteries and the CR14250 SE 3v Lithium batteries are 2.6v after sitting with no main battery in the car for over a month. Everything on the cluster works just fine but I am getting battery drain, about ten days and it's flat but driven every few days it is fine an...

Being a bit paranoid I checked my batteries and the CR14250 SE 3v Lithium batteries are 2.6v after sitting with no main battery in the car for over a month. Everything on the cluster works just fine but I am getting battery drain, about ten days and it's flat but driven every few days it is fine an...

Problem solved, I fitted my spare si board but the rev counter and fuel econ gauges did not function then realised i had left 21 fuse and a relay out refitted them and all was ok with all systems now working perfectly, checkd the parasitic drain now reading 7.2mA, so the problem ended up being a fa...

Problem solved, I fitted my spare si board but the rev counter and fuel econ gauges did not function then realised i had left 21 fuse and a relay out refitted them and all was ok with all systems now working perfectly, checkd the parasitic drain now reading 7.2mA, so the problem ended up being a fau...

It sounds like it may be your cluster as you say you have replaced the SI Board batteries, hopefully with like for like Ni-Cads Another drain can be the door switches faulty, the front ones switch courtesy lights but also earth out the relief relay that allows you to power up the electric windows w...

Hi. My name is Neill and I have an E30 320i convertible which is 31 years old. I’m nearing the end of a refurb with new wheel arches, refurbed alloys and a Re spray. The one tricky problem is the rubber weather shield upright strip on the drivers side window. (Offside in the UK) Someone tried to ge...

onthames wrote: ↑
Wed Aug 25, 2021 7:47 pm
Sounds like your si board batteries are on the way out.

New batteries fitted Monday this week, i think it may be another fault on the si board
Thanks anyway

paultv wrote: ↑
Wed Aug 25, 2021 5:39 pm
I'm going to measure mine.... all off current drain that is !!!

Paul

Yes thats it, when i did mine i took all the fuses out first then did a test and got zero mA then put the fuses back one at a time but left fuse 21 out testing as i went noting the reading of any fuse that showed any mA,

Fuse 21 feeds: Boot/trunk light Radio Chime module Instrument cluster Active Check control Dome light Self Charging Flashlight in Glove box Paul :-) Hello Paul All the above as listed have been isolated for testing except the chime module ( dont have one) test 2.2 mA, reconnected test 70.2 mA isola...

paultv wrote: ↑
Wed Aug 25, 2021 1:50 pm
Sounds like your glove box light is not switching off!

Paul

Hello Paul
For testing a disconnected the glove box light,boot light

Sorry, batteries in the instrument cluster? I have had mine apart (to repair speedo gears) and a bulb problem but didn't see any batteries! 1987 E30 320i saloon My battery last about 10 days to a fortnight unused and I mean dead flat, takes two days on a 0 .5A charger to recharge, lucky I keep a st...

Do you have an alarm system? Or even the remains of one? You don't say if you've got an audio system... It's not enough current for a bulb, except electric window switch lamps which pull 60mA each. Paul :-) Hello Paul I don't have an alarm system or any related wiring, the audio system is the orig...

Maybe you have an accessory or something connected directly to the battery and not going through the fusebox. I have no accessorys on the car only what it was built with like the radio which i disconnected along with the antenna, it all seems to be leading back to the instrument cluster and that al...

Parasitic Drain 325 e30 Over the last couple of years my battery when connected goes flat after about two week of not starting the car, finally got round to try and find the problem. I'm getting a drain of 90.20mA done all the fuse meter checks and isolating of various components to no avail except...

Just finished some switch faults on the windows and replaced the fuel hoses on starting the car the gear shift warning light came on, never had this problem before in the 36 years i have had the car, before i start pulling plugs off and checking what i can thought i would ask on here first, any help...

E30 325i 1985. Gave the car a boxing day run out as its not been used for about 2 months, when i turned the ignition off the headlights came on with the light switch in the off position when the switch was put in the on position the lights went out, i haven't looked into what the fault may be yet, t...

Just serviced the TPS it was full of oil and dirt, i cannot find any information on testing and resetting the correct position. Any information i have found on the Zone and Bentley refer to the 3 pin type mine is a 6 pin round plug. I have so far set it so the micro switch clicks when the throttle i...

Very interesting, my cluster has the big orange sticker, i have always wondered if the jumper was i the correct place it has i small white mark which lines up with the arrow sticker point, do you know if this is correct , what stops the lithium battery's discharging when the board is connected to th...

The original battery's are sanyo 3v lithium laser, im amazed that they are non rechargeable how do they manage to last for years and years. i have only ever seen the 1.5 volt ones and as such thought they were all rechargeable, anyway Im totally confused now, having put new battery's in the cluster ...

Decided to look at the modified SI board, no problem with the printed circuit board, the wiring for the external battery holders had been soldered to the old battery's, took the covers of the external battery pack and found the chap had use 3 volt non rechargeable battery that were leaking, strangel...

If its any help to you do a search on me i think you need to search under Authors , if i remember correctly i posed quit a bit on the wash/wipe including timing the motors.

On reading what you have said i tested the battery's and they are good, the owner of the car is an electronics engineer and modified the cluster by moving the rechargeable battery's into a battery clip outside the casing about a year ago and has no problems until now also the instrument cluster was ...

Results of further testing The car battery tested good. tested battery drain with another meter and im getting 10 mA drain with no instrument cluster connected just the clock, swapped the instrument cluster for a known good one one (borrowed from my 325 e30), disconnected the clock and connected the...

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